The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-09-05
SEPTEMBER NOT Es.
The Camping Month and Notes About
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Women.
nav YORK, Sept 3.-September is the
camping month. There are few men who
have not enough of the Bohemian in their
make up to enjoy an escape from civiliza-
ton into the woods, but the woman who
can camp is not an average member of her
sex. The woman who can be induced to live
III tent at all however, usually enjoys it
all the more keeply from the sharp contrast
which bed of henllocll twigs and diet of
fish broiled on the end OF sharpened stick.
offers To the over-nice .conventionalities of
modern housekeeping,
was talking with an experienced Adiron-
dacks mahabout camp outfits the other day.
He said he saw no reason why a camp
should not have all the convenienceS and
most of the luxuries of a modern household
a camp with spring beds, hair mattresses,
good table linen, silverware and an abund-
ance of cooking utensils; camp with
three or four French cook meals per diem
and q course dinner served with dainty
completeness, a camp with daily papers
and a telephone seemed to him the acme of
comfort.
AGhast'at such heresy, | asked him why
he didn't demand an elevated railroad,
import a stock exchange and establish a
counterpart of the whole mechanism of So
ciety he was supposed TO be running away
from, or, better yet, refrain from pulling up
his anchors in the city at ALL Then | asked
him how he would get his sybaritic outfit
into the wilderness.
He was neither crushed by my logic nor
withered by my scorn. I'm wagons" he
replied, calmly. 'Of course the thing can't
be done with such completeness except in
the case of permanent camp. pitched to
stay at least couple of weeks; but
if your ambition is to be perpetually on
the move, don't want your company in
camp"
But did you ever see camp with a tele-
phone!"
mo; but the thing is perfectly feasible,
and my ideal camp has telephone whether
the actual one has or not
My luxurious friend was right in saying
that to permanent camp pitched anywhere
near wagon road any amount of pernici-
Gus comforts can be transported. | have
myself seen a sewing machine and q piano
in tent, and oberved florists wagon de
posting load of greenhouse darlings to be
coaxed to take root and bloom in the door
yard fenced in outside. But camping out of
this sort is, my philosophic Adirondack
friend to the contrary notwithstanding, not
camping at all. 1t is merely living under
canvas an everyday life that is much more
tolerable under slate or shingles
A camp may be pitched anywhere have
known a family who understand the art of
relaxation to drive three miles from home
and camp in a romantic COW pasture with
the best of results. The supply of milk was
unfailing The COW pasture was to be sure,
an exceptional one, with beautiful outlook
of river, field and hill. | have myself
camped within leisurely afternoon row
from New York City Hall, under the Pail
sades, opposite the city, and know few better
places. Thousands, of people go further and
do not fare worse, as the banks of the Ad-
irondack streams, or of Lake Champlain, or
Lake George, or of the st. Lawrence, or of a
hundred other picturesque if less known
pools of blue water within the next six weeks
will testify.
A camp tent is seldom made of canvas
nowadays 1t is too heavy for any but a
three months sojourn Oiled duck is better
Ordinary bed ticking, II set at a sufficient
angle, will keep off a long rain. The acme
of luxury, especially on walking and camp
ing trip combined, is tent of India rubber
gauze. such as the bicyclist Stevens carried
round the world. | have lived some days
ip hut or helnlock boughs that answered
all purposes when it did not rain.
1t is i'll eliminating superfiuities from
necessities in the camping outfit that the
test of woman's capacity for enjoying the
woods comes in. If she cannot content her
self with the meagre list outlined below, the
chances are she would be happier on hotel
piazza. A light and simple outfit which
assumes CndU Ulltle III UHe Wllu0TneSS Is 100
valuable to spend in housekeeping allows to
each member of the party necessary toilet
articles, a blanket, and writing or sketching
materials; also one tin plate, sliding cup,
knife, fork and spoon. The pals for boil
ing coffee and carrying water, the tin stew
ing or frying pan, with its handle riveted
on, belong to the party in common. Any
multiplication of dishes, or napkins, or table
cloths always takes from the flavor of genu-
inc camp life, and in camp often moved is
utterly impracticable.
Camp dress for man means flannel shirt
and bnickerbockers For woman it means
n loose, short flannel gown, with no whale
bones in it, weighing not over pound and
half; half worn shoes, stout and without
much heel, and soft felt hat that will stand
rain, which items may be as picturesque in
color as one chooses to make them. 1t is a
mistake to wear too much clothing, but a
jacket for cool days is tolerated. So equip
pei men and women cannot fail to come
back to civilization better in mind and body
than when they left it.